---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amending the application of the occupational disease presumption for cancer for Hanford site workers."
description: "Amending the application of the occupational disease presumption for cancer for Hanford site workers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1490"
citation: "Washington HB 1490 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HAZARDOUS MATERIALS", "WORKERS' COMPENSATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ormsby"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ffbb135-08e6-4cae-8f86-0e5efb50cdda"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1490&year=2019"
source_hash: "b3bdf0c4c90fc454024db532811e8af35371bfdea31709b716bcfb46accc8ec2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington HB 1490 (2019-2020) — Amending the application of the occupational disease presumption for cancer for Hanford site workers.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1490.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#36) — **39–8** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#1) — **67–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ormsby — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-23** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-31** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 67; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-11** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-14** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-23** Chapter 108, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-23** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-29T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 03:30 PM
- **2019-01-31T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-14T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
- **2019-03-14T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ffbb135-08e6-4cae-8f86-0e5efb50cdda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).